I never got around to finishing Final Fantasy VII.  I was 19 when I first played it.  I had borrowed it from my step-brother, but after two weeks I was only about midway through the game.  I recall I had just gotten to the portion of the game where you could go to the casino.  Then, being the bag of douche he is, my step-brother asked for the game back.  He had already played through the game three times, but being without it for two whole weeks was killing him.  He later did the same thing with Final Fantasy Tactics.  I quickly moved on to something else.  It was summer time, and I believe Madden had just been released anyway.

So, here I sit 10 years later, and I've never finished the game.  I don't know how the game ends, but I did manage to spoil the fact that Aeris dies at some point.  That was inevitable, I suppose, so it does not bother me very much.  I have searched eBay for the game, occasionally, but I am unwilling to pay upwards of $100 for 'mint' condition or 'factory sealed' copies of the game.  I've been holding out.  I held out on doing the same thing with Final Fantasy Tactics, a game not nearly as popular as Final Fantasy VII, and now I own the PS1 (greatest hits) and the PSP version.  I have yet to finish either game.

Anyway, The launch of the PSP and the subsequent number of Playstation 1 and 2 ports that have been released has had me wondering when Square's most popular game of all time was going to come out for the PSP as well.  They have had no problem porting over Super Nintendo games, Final Fantasy III, or other Playstation 1 games, FInal Fantasy Tactics, to the PSP, so where is Final Fantasty VII?

There have been a number of rumors floating around the internet recently that say Square-Enix is going to announce Final Fantasy VII is.... is... and here is where the rumors diverge, coming to the PSN as a straight port, is being remade completely for the PS3, is going to be released as a port for the PSP, is going to cure cancer... at this year's Tokyo Game Show in October.  These all sound more like wishful thinking than actual rumors. 

So, my wish is that they are indeed re-making Final Fantasy VII for the PS3, but they will also put out a collector's edition that will allow you play the original PS1 version on your PS3 or PSP.  How fantastic would that be, I ask you?
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Stab the corpses and lick the knives like we're evil forces.

Note: I have finished, that I recall right now, 3 RPGs by myself.  Vandal Hearts and Vandal Hearts 2 on the PS1, which were tactics RPGs, and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings on the DS, a RTS RPG.  I got to the final boss in Xenogears, but I was underpowered and couldn't beat it.  I got distracted by a shiny new game and never came back to finish it.  My current girlfriend likes to watch me play games, so I have since finished Blue Dragon on the 360, and we are currently halfway through Final Fantasy XII.